pmflyfisher,
My wife would say that dying a skunk skin would be the least of her worries.
Getting the dubbing out of her food processor or storing the boxes of fur and feathers.
Tracking the fluff off of marabou through out the house.
Having frozen moose hides in the freeze (every knows that fresh hair spins better than tanned.)
Yes if you tye flies and you keep a wife she is a saint.
Have had mine for 35 years and she lets me do anything she want.
And that is the truth.